Well, the jury’s in from my anxious prognostications back in May, when the challenges of the summer lay in wait for us like the Sirens on island of the Faiakes. And, as profoundly as I love my children, there’s something of a relief in being permitted to pack up the Mom ’n’ Pop Big Top [...]
A study released in March 2011 revealed that younger mothers are significantly less happy than midlife moms. The results of a study spanning 86 countries, released by the University of Pennsylvania (see links below), also determined that the happiness of parents over 40 increased with additional children, while those under 30 became less so. Of [...]
When Hala Gorani, CNN anchor during my Mother’s Day interview, implied that our brave new maternal world—now teeming with first time mothers over 40—had outgrown ageism, I was taken aback. Not that I criticize her for it, but she was seeing the issue from her own perspective—that she had many mature mom friends. Surely, the [...]
Thanks to an uplifting slice of satire posted on CNN today, I know I’m not the only parent who feels like maintaining my kids’ extracurricular activities is tantamount to a high-stakes game of Twister. Before long, we’re all panting and begging for mercy like a pair grotesquely misshapen parent-pretzels. In the piece (http://www NULL.cnn NULL.com/2011/LIVING/03/22/kids [...]
Everyone loves a “good old dad”—the fondly revered patriarch, perched at the nucleus of the home hearth, regally dispensing wise saws like thin crusts of leftover bread. Of course, everyone’s supposed to receive them just like they were big luscious slices of rich cake. The yin for that yang, however, appears to be the “bad [...]
These days, having watched the original Star Trek series air on TV (Star Date: 1966—1969) carries about as much weight as witnessing man’s first step on the moon. I was there for both. From 5-to-8 years old, the whole notion of humanity’s technological brilliance was imprinted on my brain like that of a newborn gosling. [...]
They say falling in love is for the young. I heartily (pun intended) disagree. The whole notion of Love being a province where cherubic cupids take aim with arrows of outrageous infatuation at the innocent youth is an archetypical illusion. Love—true love—is for the old. Why? Because—far from sitting on the sidelines of meaningful relationships [...]
This was one of my first blogs about midlife motherhood after launching Flower Power Mom in 2009. Little did I know how it would come to symbolize a cardinal truth about motherhood after 40–the extremely emotional culture shock of trading a business career for a domestic one. In 2008, we bought a big old house [...]
Since posting Don’t Call Me Grandma! last month, I’ve learned that being mistaken for “the grandmother” can be a red-hot button for older mothers. Now, more readers and experts are weighing in on this emotional issue. Don’t Call Me Grandma! drew more frustrated, hurt—and often angry—comments at the end of the article, and in all [...]
When I started hanging out with baby Alex at the playground at 43, I remember thinking that—sometime during a surreal, Rip Van Winkle-style afternoon nap—I must have landed myself on the set of the 2004 film Stepford Wives. Being around tightly-knit groups of dewy-eyed younger mothers made me feel old and marginalized–an outcast from a [...]
Angel on CNN
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Angel on CNN, Mother's Day story, May 8th 2011. (http://www NULL.youtube NULL.com/watch?v=WySnP2nnwXU)
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